Live auction - brm_381180 - ANTONINUS PIUS Sesterce
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| Estimate : | 1 200 € |
| Price : | 650 € |
| Maximum bid : | 660 € |
| End of the sale : | 01 March 2016 14:50:12 |
| bidders : | 1 bidder |
Type : Sesterce
Date: 142
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 31,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 25,42 g.
Rarity : INÉDIT
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan ovale et irrégulier bien centré des deux côtés. Très beau buste inhabituel et exceptionnel d’Antonin le Pieux. Joli revers bien venu à la frappe. Très belle patine vert foncé épaisse
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANTONINVS AVG PI-VS P P TR P COS III.
Obverse description : Buste, lauré, drapé et cuirassé d’Antonin le Pieux à droite, vu de trois quarts en arrière (A*2).
Obverse translation : “Antoninus Augustus Pius Pater Patriæ Tribunicia Potestate Consul tertium”, (Antonin auguste pieux père de la patrie revêtu de la puissance tribunitienne consul pour la troisième fois).
Reverse
Reverse legend : CONCORDIA - EX-ERCITVVM/ S|C.
Reverse description : Concordia (la Concorde) drapée, debout à gauche, tenant de la main droite une victoriola et de la main gauche et une enseigne militaire.
Reverse translation : “Concordia Exercituum”, (La Concorde de l’armée).
Commentary
Rubans de type 3. Semble complètement inédit et non recensé avec ce type de buste qui semble de la plus grande rareté.
Historical background
ANTONINUS PIUS
(02/25/138-03/7/161)
Augustus
Antonin was born on September 19, 86 in Lanuvium. His family is from Gaul (Nîmes). He was a wealthy senator who married Faustina the Elder between 110 and 115 and thus entered Hadrian's family by marriage. After the death of Aelius on January 1, 138, Hadrian chose Antonin to succeed him on February 25, 138, adding two adopted sons, Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus. Hadrian dies on July 10 and Antonin succeeds him. He must first fight to deify Hadrian, enemy of the Senate. In 139, Marc Aurèle becomes Caesar and Faustina Augusta. His reign is calm and happy and symbolizes the "Pax Romana" of the second century. In 148, he commemorated with pomp the 900th anniversary of Rome.
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